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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Through the Ironwood Curtain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of flour do the Sawi women use to make bread?
(a) Whole wheat flour.
(b) Rice flour.
(c) Sago flour.
(d) Bamboo fiber flour.

2. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?
(a) A mother and her grandmother.
(b) A man and his wife.
(c) A man and his mother-in-law.
(d) Brother to brother.

3. How many treehouses are there, in total, in the Mauro village?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven hundred and fifty.
(d) One.

4. Yae's young brother Sao is ill. What is his sickness?
(a) Sao is mentally ill.
(b) Sao has an immune system infection similar to AIDS.
(c) Sao has malaria.
(d) Sao has developed early dementia.

5. How many wives does Yae's cousin Wasi have?
(a) Three.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yae waiting for before he goes to the village of Haenam?

2. Do the Sawi warriors bring weapons with them to Pirimapun?

3. What is the Eren ceremony?

4. What flag flies on the deck of the "super canoe"?

5. Why does a Sawi wife shave her head?

(see the answer key)

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